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aLLH repartm J. F. FISH FT Editor. Wo note with pride that in small grain, especially wheat heing put in the ground than several years past. It is itnpo lie to perish out the south' t inner because he can alw make something to cat at hoi We commend the recent eision of the Iowa Supreme Co that "contract* for grain, wh the intention i> merely a specu tion on the ehane. s of t he r uul tall of the market, and delivery is intended, are gam hi: contracts and void." This is g? morals, good e, g od law a good Christiani:y. such feelings in the minds young Americans as Bish Doano protended, hut we are da witnessing such aggressions ? acts of duplicity av. I had faith those which the lathers of I Revolution and resented h wiped out with their heai blood. What England forme did by hor arms ncainst the co nies, she is now doing against by hor money and her sub tion of nations by gold ; and I terrible cruelties she inflin through avarice and greed j her outside of the pale of 1 inanity. tusnops ami preachers an? the side of peace at whate cos1, ri< 1 undont t? '! 1 v they v.o surrender the I*: ifel S"t:>ft - ; it - people to Enirlaiid i; she -!??:> demand sij' lt a sacrifice, for sake of peace. Anc means, In ever, vii'n won horror toe con imimico- t > thi- countrv itid neighboring republics it Km:!couhi Mil l u- y tri.i'y not to 'o war with Iicr. no matter !i iireiit her i ri ion or how veio tie' provocation. War ito he desired, hut there are tlii to wliich war i- preferable. I*. land has always been our enei and always will he. and she 1? no opportunity to strike n? ? Id or to surround us \sith fort if; tions for tho future. It Engl; seeks arbitration with us i wishes to avoid war, why is constantly adding more guns her naval stations in tho west hemisphere ? Sho now has th pointing towards u? from ?v direction. Well it is that our citizens on their guard. We want treaty with England which > tio our hands and bind us not protect ourselves in an emergen The poople of this country h AiiKM'ira Airainsi r.ngianu. Last wook l>is!ioj) 1)< wu\ ol I Albany (lioecso. dolivi-v 1 a s ?non on tho hatred iV'ii by Ann cans against England. in \vh ho dopivoatod such tooling In the depths of hi^ heart. He ? <?t not account for the animosity < isting between the two tiatic which have so many interests common. The rejection of the hit rat ion treaty seems to h:i been the cause of the inspirati which got the better of the hi: op's undoubted knowledge of t causes which justify the Amerie people in regarding Kngland their greatest enemy and deali with her as such in every ne? tiation. The school books may may not have a tendency to crei 1 good reasons lor entertaining : friendly feelings toward j mother country, which has ( everything in her power since ort> separation to humiliato and in them. When the time beet ,or ripe for action the bishops 'sl* preachers will undoubtedly ern Voke peace, but the masses :,.vs not hesitate to declare war agii n,i-I cruel England, and again dis to the world a patriotism do valor the like of which will urf J have boon equaled since the ? ere of the Revolution, i.a ! ' The tiold Standard at Wor no j ing Tie? following clipping from >od j Huston Herald shows that :ul ? hi standard is dohxj it* /''on j r'tjhl. Thirty per cent reduc | in wages, accompanied by per cent rise in the price of ll I must ho nearly as bad as ti i i co it dollars : he J The strikes and cut-downs j ported are still the main topic {discussion in the shoe district Haverhill. The number of "u tors who left <^hiek Bros. on ild count of the a week reduc 'X is claimed by the men to >ns tweuty,many of whom have fo in jobs. A big cut-down went !ir. elTecfc at the W. W. Spauh ,vo factory. The reduction all" tlio edge settlers, and they aeci .j ed tho change, which makos a j duction of over thirty per cen edge setting. This is tho tifth < an down in seventeen months. :,s workmen claim. *<>- THAT I) IN U LEY LAW. or ate HcTentie Deficit Every Mo of Since I(? Fawsttge. iOJ) jj Krofe TIm N'iw Tor) World n(| Cangraaeman Dingley is willing to accept the result of , recant, elections a* condemna . of the McKinley adminiatra aid ... \ or oT his own tan a bill. * h The friends of the Presic rl v ought not to object to tatung result in Ohio as a test of his ] n* ularity. Are not the reduc ju- of tho Hepublicau majority llu; one half the figure of laat ] cts and to one-third of tliat seoi Tut two yearn ago, and tho almost 1U tire loss of the majority of eig -even in tho legislature s<: ! thing of a rebuke? "" Ak to the Dingley tarilF, v<>r President said in his messag< ' Congress that tho purpose of .iid | law wrt-< to provide sulTicie t r uhl ; line ''without delay, hindr-.nr the I postponement." Senator Aid ,vv j said that if tiio law did not in M. this the party would heeondc #in 11 .... i nop ni- open a 1??!i< 11 month since the hifl wan nn? I hn total deficiency to dnt< .* 11 .Tl'.h'ton. The chief other feet of the tanll hap been to crease the en:-t of a frreat nun '' ""jof the nec?*s?aries of the p?*< !l~ . What is there in Hiich a la " v * satisfy the vot rs? How can Dinjiley he dubious as to rnv? meaning of tho eloctiona? In the opinion of Mr. Hr Ul ' no man ever had such an on .she tunitv to exhibit broad states?; to *hij> as the one which now ' r" fronts Mr. Koraker, but tho 1 n ',n continues to skate about ' rv suburbs of the situation. ;jr<1 A careful study of the no cience fund shows that the vill w^? *w'ndles I'ncle Sarn o? to a lar^e amount never worri( ,,v the extent that he foels he r W j , n.... send it. hack. tin- The Picture of the Man W the Buys on Credit. tone , t|,0 In something like a thousa jure stores you and 1 havo seen nnes pi?turo with this legend under and ki sold on chkdit." 111 The picture itself representee man with staring eyes,long,drat in >' wrinkled lace, with general t ^ pression of great pain and gri 1 That bugaboo picture doubth no* has caused many thousands tender hearted purchasers to pla down in cash the amount they h i intended to have charged. 1 II was ilie picture hat deterr 1 hem from the utterances of t ii< the - , I awful words, ( .mrge it. kail Professor Demotte, in one lion his lectures, te!!s of his boy w fifty was a great cry baby. His tea our, iuiiig on hair triggers, and 1 ty-1 blubbered at every nrovocatiu i \\ hipping <ii.l no ^ui?k. The pi n>" lessor tinallr had made two l?r s ? ! pictures and hung them in I bov's room. < )ne showed a b< 0Ut" ' i 1 11 1.1 ^ crying and bellowing, an<l ti jjon artist tried himself on that pit lK> uro. The other represented a h< and laughing, and it was the jollies into happiest, sweetest face the arti ling could draw. 1'nder it was wri ects ten : "It is bettor to laugh tin pP*- to cry.'' k rt?- Whenever the boy cried, I * 1,1 was led before these silent b cu^' eloquent pictures. In a she while he was a changed hoy, ai he cherishes his pictures to tl day. Would that T could draw si )ntf, hang on the home-walls of eve farmer in the South the pictu of "The man who buys on credit During the year he has be< not figuring on 7$ cent cotton. / the the year he lias been buying ? t?r-v credit,Hour made out of the whe tion tjia^ he didn't raise. lie has be< buying on credit, moat made o lent hogs he didn't raise. He h been buying on credit, corn a oats that he did not raise on 1 tinti : field. He has been buying i r credit, horses ?nd hay and eo irod nn'^ chickens and goodness hno Pn. j what else. All the year the farni hty-jhavo been buying little things into- the store on credit?little ti individual amounts that would n hurt a ily 1 5 to lie did not keep'any nocou n.(, i himself. lie didn't always a ,p or 1 merchant his ju ice. 11? ne\ fll h figured on the ."?<> per cent, annt sure | j>roiit the man gets who j?.i tun cn-di. At I lie end of the year t he ire verv chant add- up tie account a roodors it. Tlio eyes of the farn .start out ol hi. head, lie has t ef-1 shakes all over, lie swears t her >" , . ^ t ??'! ' I I'M I I11 t f1111 1 1)1(411 T III** merchant. He j?:iys as h( ,, . ho ran with five cent cotton. I w t <) i . possibly throws in a few inn .)??. I the :,"'l cows and corn and fodder a ' peas, and comes as near as he c l toward balancing accounts. .\ m, | solute despair and hopelessm j.or ar0 wr',,on *" faco* I<> I nan ^?,,s0 there is gloom and over t is doom. There are two or tin ^ months of this kind of thing, j. his mind, each day as it daw looks more and more like t blackness of Tartarus. Christn rnn" comes. The littlo children ge man jr00t??rR,a red apple and nu ?' he an orange apiece. The olc to ones and the good wife gets nol n,,s* ing; but find in the situari some relief in tears. ho At the beginning of tho new " year he finds he must do something. lie gets desperate. lie (ishoe down in that human heart a of his and finds one solitary lone atom marked "Hope." lie arises i from his seat with tho determina- [ j tion that lie will get even with I vn world, and goes forth and >x plants the greatest cotton-acreage t of his life and opens a time ac J ? count with a new merchant. JSS of ' "7 i.k < killings. , ail 1 Comptroller l\ekels is to retire s I to a 1?; il: presidency. About all jot'Mr. Cleveland's prominent olli . ,M jcials have retired to banks and 1 eornoratioM emplovmcnt. of . 1 he ell'ort to introduce Tom ho .... Heed s met hods in the Uoiehsrut h irs was not :i- successful as if has! , w- . I ' imu'ii in n?iii!'inn. " (). vSeci'i tury Sherman i > said to >>? j very anxious for the success oi l 1 |u, jMark Ilanna in the Senatorial [>v . contest. In case Mark fan hold j |i(. on t<? his jo!? in thf Senate Slier ,j U man will not lie rooted out of the t TV t / al> net. .lolin Sherman may bejP losing his memory, hut his human nature is intact and robust. i 't (Jencral Miles' plan to protect 1,1 the Chicago public building with j (ratling guns ought to surest to y President McKinley "something ^ 'd equally as good" to keep the oflieo h 'rt seekers out of the White Ilotiso. p V* Mr. Ilanna will employ Pinker- ' ton detectives to watch the mem- ( bers of the Ohio legislature who )(] ?p are suspected of being unfriendly j rN to him. Mr. Ilanna treats tho t re n Ohio Senatorial tight as if it were a strike of his coal miners. 5 en The free silverite who pays ten dollars a year to support a goldat bug preacher and can't pay fifty r 0I1 cents a year for a free silver paper a ..I deserves to sweat under a gold | n t i u as standard for the remainder of his 0 ml days. <1 ?i? It is tho theory of Hon. J. Ster- ^ on ling Morton that the only way to n ivh head off the opposition is through tvs an enlargement of tho asylums. Tom Reed thinks tho newspa<lt pern should publish moreelnborate i M-N reports of tlit* debates in Congress. J' Coming from t >i?> man who has / been making debates in Congress n' impossible i he surest ion is high r lv charged with sarcasm. ?*r r | i4What will Congress do with' , the Cuban question i" inquires an innocent exchange. It should i make application to Tom Reed ! ? j tor an answer to its question. c ndj m | ' | A I><iin/rroim Lick. ^ '* i While at work hanging the] j doors on the Stevens, Heath A* I j Klliott stable Saturday afternoon! I"i' ' but. Mr. .T. N. Wing ite w.r struck lie on the head and shoulder by a les piece of falling timber and 1 nd knocked insensible for some time, j m A gash was mit in his head. Ho' I, was taken to tho drug store of > ,H(. Crawford Rros. whero his wound , wui dressed, and he was then Ins , , ? , ir?i\i7U 1IUIIIC7* no ir^niuoii lullseiouRneKR while being treated at ' 4 ' the drng store. He wan able to ' bo out Monday but i? not yet able . r,H> to renume bin work. A hand who ho was tearing down the scaffold ma wai to blaine for the dangerous t a accident. jt,r Successful for years Dr. LeDrun'sG. AG. Core; three days. No bad effect. One Dollar: at store or by mall. Oil Hole Agfa. J. V. Mackey ?t Co. and H. C. Hough A Co., Lancaster, S. C. , MB a /Vom V.a. Journal of l ^ Z* A _ Trot. W. H. Tetke, who H ^ makes a specialty ot U a II & 1 Epilepsy, lias wit.iout B B doubt treated and cur. 23 " B B ed more cases than any 9 R N ^9 living Physician; hfs W li H k 1 success is astonishing. We have heard of cases ~ of so years' standing ^ cnred by I fiirpjfel K a B 9 B B e?^wMci* UU1 vllt'l """J S largo bot10 of his absolute cure, free to nnysulTerers rhomay send their P. O. and Express address. Vo ndviso any one wishing a euro to address . TuX.W. H. PEEKE, F. D., 4 Cedar St., WcwYorh The cotton planters ol Buford ownship will please meet at Bull rd school house on the lirst ialunlny in Beceinlnr at i? o'clock, ?. in., for the purpose of organizes; u township eottou growers' social ion. K. B. Linui.K, t )rgani/.er. tot ire. All * :rfi? - indebted to us, eslO'-iv.'iv thos 'whoni we havet tried hvci from last year and longr, must, come forward and settle t, once as no farther notice will ie given. Remember we are not oing a tialiking business and hereforo people owing us must ay up. II. J. (JUKtiOUV & Co. W 'imr Itrowiny Short. There is now only ono month ft for tlie payment of taxes. Jthough the tax hooks have w eon open for u month and a ah", only about $5,500 have been aid, out of $4*2,399 to bo paid, his lonves $30,899 yot to bo olloeted, which niter leaving out tie four Sundays, maken about 1,308 per day. Aftor this month 5 per cent, penalty will attach ? all unpaid taxes. Ire tt* Jirforr Jiui/lrty. We have just receivod a car Dad of Haydock and other grades f Buggies and Carriages and oad wagons, with or without top, nd the celebrated Mitchell Wagne, which are warrantod the best n the market, all of which we tier to the public at greatly reluced prices. Ba sure to inspect ur stock before buying, and we rill either sell you or savo you noney. Stkvrxs, 11 rath A Elliott. Money to Lend. The Lancaster County building A ,oan Association tins money to lend n improved real estate situated in his county, upon reasonable terms, tpply to WA1 >I>V C. THOMSON'. m Sec it Treas. / bank building. let. 21-5>7-'t m. H PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Clear.*.? ?i l brvitiftc* the hair. Promote* * luxuriant f uwth. Newer Falls to It'atore Oray ltair to 11 h Youthful Color. Cu.f acalp iwiHi .v h&ir fxl.u.^. j. HI "at I. >ENT FREE o housekeepers? Liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beef DOCK SOOK-U'UitiK how to prflparo many dollcitto and ti-Mcloua ill h 1mm. Iddrp^H, M'ihlgCa.1' O Ho* 2TIM Now Vork PORK, 4*Pork Sausage, 1 BEEP. i on run now rrean pork aanaa^r a? wall a* flrnt claaa hoof at toy market daily. I'rompt <1**1 ivory . made for all order* iu any part of the town. W. P. YOUNG. July 3*, IS!>7(]y)